Safety Medical Writing Specialist, Content Strategy

Global Patient Safety

Søborg, Denmark

Are you passionate about patient safety, medical writing, and the future of regulatory documentation? Do you want to help shape how Novo Nordisk creates high-quality, scalable and trusted safety content across our global portfolio? If yes, apply now for the Safety Medical Writing Specialist, Content Strategy role.

Your new role

As Safety Medical Writing Specialist, Content Strategy, you will be a recognised expert and informal leader within Safety Medical Writing. You will help define and drive the content strategy for safety reporting, with a focus on creating more consistent, efficient and scalable ways of working across aggregate safety documentation, Health Authority responses and related safety deliverables.

You will have a lead role in shaping how Safety Medical Writing uses structured authoring, content re-use, repositories, automation and digital solutions to support high-quality safety documentation. You will work closely with colleagues across Safety Surveillance, Global Patient Safety and relevant cross-functional areas to translate strategic needs into practical solutions that strengthen compliance, quality and efficiency.

Moreover, in this role, you will:

• Lead the development and implementation of the content strategy for safety reporting across relevant products, processes and deliverables.
• Establish and maintain content repositories, governance frameworks, standards and best practices for content re-use and consistency.
• Drive the adoption of structured content authoring, automation and other digital solutions within Safety Medical Writing.
• Translate complex safety, regulatory and business needs into clear, practical and compliant content solutions.
• Partner with safety writers, safety physicians, regulatory colleagues and digital/automation stakeholders to ensure alignment across functions.
• Represent Safety Surveillance and Safety Medical Writing in content automation and digitalisation initiatives across Novo Nordisk.
• Act as an informal leader and trusted advisor, mentoring colleagues and helping build capabilities in content strategy, structured authoring and modern safety medical writing.
• Contribute to selected high-complexity safety reporting deliverables where strategic writing expertise is required.

Your new department

Safety Medical Writing is a key function within Safety Surveillance, Global Patient Safety, at Novo Nordisk. The team holds global responsibility for aggregate safety reporting across the Novo Nordisk portfolio, including Periodic Safety Update Reports, Development Safety Update Reports, Addenda to Clinical Overviews, Risk Management Plans and responses to Health Authority requests related to aggregate safety data.

Our work is central to ensuring transparent, trusted and scientifically robust safety documentation. We understand that written safety documentation is not only a compliance requirement, but also a strategic asset that supports regulatory decision-making and helps position Novo Nordisk as a trusted partner to health authorities worldwide.

You will join a curious, ambitious and collaborative team that enjoys scientific and regulatory debate, challenges existing ways of working and actively explores how new technologies, structured content and smarter processes can improve the way we work. We value high standards, knowledge sharing, inclusion, humour and strong collaboration.

Your skills and qualifications

We are looking for a candidate who combines strong pharmacovigilance and medical writing expertise with a genuine interest in content strategy, digital transformation and process improvement.

You have:

• A master’s degree and/or PhD in Life Sciences, for example Pharmacy, Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, Biology or a related field.
• Extensive experience within pharmacovigilance, safety surveillance, medical writing, regulatory writing or a related area.
• Strong understanding of aggregate safety reporting and the regulatory requirements that shape safety documentation.
• Demonstrated ability to translate complex safety and regulatory information into clear, concise and decision-enabling written content.
• Experience with, and strong interest in, structured content authoring, content management, artificial intelligence, automation or digital solutions in medical writing.
• Proven ability to build networks, engage stakeholders and drive alignment across functions.
• Experience defining innovative standards, governance, ways of working or best practices in a regulated environment.
• Excellent written and spoken English communication skills.

As a person, you are strategic, structured and improvement-oriented. You enjoy solving complex problems and turning ambiguity into practical direction. You are curious about new technologies and ways of working, while maintaining a strong focus on compliance, quality and patient safety. You are collaborative and proactive, with the ability to influence without formal authority and bring people with you in times of change.

Working at Novo Nordisk

Every day we seek the solutions that defeat serious chronic diseases. To do this, we approach our work with determination, constant curiosity and a commitment to finding better ways forward. For over 100 years, this dedication has driven us to build a company focused on lasting change for long-term health. One where diverse thinking, shared purpose and mutual respect come together to create extraordinary results. When you join us, you're not just starting a job – you're becoming part of a story that spans generations.

What we offer

At Novo Nordisk, you’ll join a global healthcare company with a unique culture and strong results. We offer continuous learning, career development, and benefits tailored to your life and career stage.

Salary:  For this role, the Annual Base Salary ranges from 742,600.00 to 1,091,600.00 DKK, corresponding to the level of the position.

The placement within the salary range will be assessed during the recruitment process based on the candidate’s skills, competencies, knowledge, and relevant experience.

Incentives and Benefits: The salary package may include short-term and/or long-term incentives as well as other employee benefits based on position level, location, functional area and relevant market benchmarks.

Learn more about our Reward Philosophy here.

More information

You are welcome to contact Associate Director Mette Krøger Hare on mkrq@novonordisk.com if you have questions about the role.

Deadline

31 May 2026. (Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis).

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.

At Novo Nordisk, we're not chasing quick fixes – we're creating lasting change for long-term health. For over 100 years, we've been driven by a single purpose: to defeat serious chronic diseases and help millions of people live healthier lives. This dedication fuels our constant curiosity and inspires us to push the boundaries of what's possible in healthcare. We embrace diverse perspectives, seek out bold ideas, and build partnerships rooted in shared purpose. Together, we're making healthcare more accessible, treating and preventing diseases, and pioneering solutions that create change spanning generations. When you join us, you become part of something bigger – a legacy of impact that reaches far beyond today.